SEEDS SENT TO ENGLAND. \~\ 



as to arrive here in as fresh a state as possible. This Js 

 is evident from the following documents of the 

 vegetation of seeds which hardly ever vegetated 

 here before. 



Speaking generally, it may be said that it is 

 desirable to send a selection rather than a great va- 

 riety of seeds. At first, from being collected in 

 different localities, and by different individuals, 

 many duplicate parcels were sent. It seems advis- 

 able, therefore, that seeds collected for transmission 

 to this country should be forwarded to the Superin- 

 tendents of the Botanic Gardens in the different 

 presidencies, who should, with as little delay as 

 possible, inspect, select, and if possible, name 

 such as it was deemed necessary to send, and 

 to separate the few from the plains and vallies 

 requiring a hot climate from those suited to the 

 open culture of this country. The kinds of seed 

 most valued here are those of ornamental or useful 

 flowering plants and shrubs, or such as are likely to 

 be useful as timber trees, or otherwise. By this 

 means, though the bulk and number of the packages 

 would be curtailed, their value would remain undi- 

 minished. 



The seeds received have been distributed to public 



